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JamCoders 2025 will run in July 2025 in Kingston, Jamaica for four weeks (students should arrive June 29 and depart July 25), and teaching assistants should be present June 24 to July 26.

Students

If you are currently a student in a Jamaican high school between 3rd and 5th form (9th through 11th grade) and would like to apply to JamCoders 2025, please apply here. JamCoders provides free dormitory rooms and meals for all student participants, and we welcome applications from all over Jamaica.

We are looking for students who have excelled academically in their schools, especially in mathematics and related subjects; no programming experience is required to apply.

Student application deadline: We will begin reviewing applications shortly after the application deadline. The application deadline is December 31, 2024. Completing the application will require:

  • School transcripts or report card copies (for the last 2 years)
  • Writing a short essay describing your interest in the program.

If your school or teacher prefers to submit transcripts directly to JamCoders staff instead of giving them to you, please submit your application and have your school/teacher email the transcripts to admin@jamcoders.org.jm.

Teaching assistants

Please click here to apply to be a teaching assistant. Positions are limited and will be filled on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early (we make no guarantees that we will review applications submitted after December 31st). JamCoders provides flights (if not living in Jamaica) and housing for all teaching assistants. TAs should have some comfort with introductory algorithms and basic programming in Python.

We encourage TA applications from all nationalities and age groups, and from diverse backgrounds. Previous TAs have included high school students with algorithms experience (rare), current undergraduates, graduate students, and software engineers in industry. We also strongly encourage applications from women and other groups underrepresented in computer science.

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Our Team

2024 Teaching Staff

Lecturers
Boaz Barak
Prof. Boaz Barak
Harvard University
Timnit Gebru
Dr. Timnit Gebru
DAIR Institute


Teaching Assistants

Tarun Amarnath
Tarun Amarnath
UC Berkeley
James Cheng
James Cheng
UC Berkeley
Reginald Frank
Reginald Frank
UC Berkeley
Xavier Henry
Xavier Henry
Herschel V. Jenkins High
Ecy King
Ecy King
Stanford
Anita Liu
Anita Liu
UC Berkeley
Orr Paradise
Orr Paradise
UC Berkeley


2023 Teaching Staff

Lecturers
Boaz Barak
Prof. Boaz Barak
Harvard University
Timnit Gebru
Dr. Timnit Gebru
DAIR Institute


Teaching Assistants

Li Dayan
Alyssa Li Dayan
UC Berkeley
Ian DeHaan
Ian DeHaan
University of Waterloo
Emaan Hariri
Emaan Hariri
University of Chicago
Tay Tze Kiat Jonathan
Tay Tze Kiat Jonathan
Nanyang Technological University
Orr Paradise
Orr Paradise
UC Berkeley
Jonathan Shafer
Jonathan Shafer
UC Berkeley
Alok Tripathy
Alok Tripathy
UC Berkeley
Pawat Unjitwattana
Pawat Unjitwattana
UC Berkeley


2022 Teaching Staff

Lecturers
Boaz Barak
Prof. Boaz Barak
Harvard University
Adam Tauman Kalai
Dr. Adam Kalai
Microsoft Research


Teaching Assistants

Bryan Baker
Bryan Baker
UWI Mona
Joel Beazer
Joel Beazer
VantAI
Michael Girma
Michael Girma
Bishop O'Dowd
Jabari Hastings
Jabari Hastings
Stanford University
Tyler Hou
Tyler Hou
UC Berkeley
Bereket Molla
Bereket Molla
Columbia University
Annamira O'Toole
Annamira O'Toole
UC Berkeley
Orr Paradise
Orr Paradise
UC Berkeley
Anakai Richards
Anakai Richards
UWI Mona
Nadia Sharp
Nadia Sharp
Columbia University
Elijah Tai
Elijah Tai
Harvard University
Natnael Teshome
Natnael Teshome
Harvard University


Organizers

Ra Bacchus
Ra Bacchus
Google
Joel Beazer
Joel Beazer
VantAI
Terry-Ann Collins-Fray
Terry-Ann
Collins-Fray
UWI Mona
Gunjan Mansingh
Dr. Gunjan Mansingh
(co-chair)
UWI Mona
Elecia Myers
Elecia Myers
UWI Mona
Jelani Nelson
Prof. Jelani Nelson
(co-chair)
UC Berkeley

We also thank many individuals and offices at The UWI Mona for their support, including Shauna Grant, Athol Hamilton, Jason McKenzie, Rosalene Simmonds, and the Office of Student Services & Development.

Funding

The idea to start JamCoders was initially conceived by Jamar McNaughton (Chronixx) and the Chronixx team after reading about the AddisCoder program in Ethiopia, and he then made a generous founding donation to support creation of the program through his C.H.O.R. Foundation. We thank Chronixx for his vision and generosity. We would also like to acknowledge support from:

JamCoders is administered by AddisCoder Inc., which is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization (Federal EIN: 83-2581871) and welcomes donations from individuals via the button above. If you wish to contact us, e-mail admin@jamcoders.org.jm.